US Patent Issued to Brunswick on April 7 for "Patio dive doors for marine vessels having a swim step assembly" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,026, issued on April 7, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Patio dive doors for marine vessels having a swim step assembly" was invented by Noah S. Esham (Edgewater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine vessel has a hull and a swim patio which is movable into a closed position in which the swim patio closes the hull and into an open position in which the swim patio provides platform on which a person can stand dive into the water. The swim patio comprises a swim step assembly which is movable relative to the swim patio into and between a stowed position in which the swim step assembly is hidden in the swim pati...